Law Dictionary

sax. In old English law. Acquittance from lestage,

lastus, I. I In old English law. A last; a measure of commodities.

Pasture land.

Hindrance; obstacle; obstruction. To lease; to grant the use and possession of a thing for compensation. It is the correlative of "hire." See "Hire." LETRADO (Spanish). In Spanish

To permit; to give leave to; to demise or lease; to deliver; to award, as a contract Let in: to admit a party as matter of favor.

Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn oftheday. They are also denominated “quadragesimalia.” Wharton.

For purposes of this section the term “lethal binary chemical munitions” means (1) any toxic chemical (solid, liquid, or gas) which, through its chemical properties, is intended to

The term “lethal chemical agent and munition” means a chemical agent or munition that is designed to cause death, through its chemical properties, to human beings in field concentr

A gun, sword, knife, pistol, or the like, when used within striking distance; and any other weapon is lethal or not according to its capability of producing death or great bodily h

In Scotch law. A dendly weapon.

In practice. To admit a party as a matter of favor; as to open a judgment and "let the defendant in" to a defense.

In Spanish law. An advocate. White, New Recop. hi 1, tit. 1, c. 1, § 3, note.

He who, being the owner of a

A book containing the copies of letters written by a merchant or trader or other person to his correspondents. A press copy In a letter book stands in the same relation to the orig

A person employed to carry letters from the post office to the persons to whom they are addressed. Provisions were made by the act of March 3, 1851 (11 U. S. St. at Large, 691), fo

In English law. A request addressed to a peer, peeress, or lord of parliament, against whom a bill has been filed, desiring the defendant to appear and answer the bill. It is issue

A letter containing information of any circumstances unknown to the person to whom it is written; generally informing him of some commercial transaction by the writer of the letter

In Scotch law. The decree or warrant of the supreme court or court of sessions, discharging the inferior tribunal from all further proceedings in the matter, and advocating the act

a letter of attorney may, at any time, be revoked by the party who makes it; and is revoked by his death. But this general rule, which results from the nature of the act, has susta

In international law. A written instrument addressed by the sovereign or chief magistrate of a state to the sovereign or state to whom a public minister is sent, certifying his app

The present is intended as a letter of credit in favour of my regarded friends, Messrs. J. and T. Robson, to the amount of forty or fifty thousand dollars, which sum they may wish

See Bill op Exchange.

The term “letter of interest” means a letter submitted by a potential applicant prior to an application for credit assistance in a format prescribed by the Secretary on the website

An instrument or writing made by creditors to their insolvent debtor, by which they bind themselves to allow him a longer time than he had a right to, for the pajrment of his debts

A commission given to a private ship by a government fo make reprisals on the ships of another state; hence, also, the ship thus commissioned.

A commission granted by the government to a private individual, to take the property of a foreign state, or of the citizens or subjects of such state, as a reparation for an injury

A written document addressed by the executive of one government to the executive of another, informing the latter that a minister sent by the former to him has been recalled.

An instrument given by one person to another, addressed to a third, in which the bearer is represented as worthy of credit. 1 Bell, Comm. (5th Ed.) 371; 3 Term R. 51; 7 Cranch (U.

A docuhe was accredited. It is addressed to the executive of the minister's country. This is in reply to the "letter of recall."

See PhESS Copies; Letter Book. LETTERS AO COLLIGENDUM BONA

Epistles; despatches; written messages, usually on paper, folded up and sealed, and sent by one person to another. 1 Caines (N. Y.) 582. LETTERS AD COLLIGENDUM BONA DEfuncti. In pr

Letters to collect the goods of a decedent. See Special letters of administration .

Close letters are grants of the king, and, being of private concern, they are thus distinguished from "letters patent."

Ab solvatory letters, used in former times, when an abbot released any of his brethren ab omnia subjectione et obedientia, etc., and made them capable of entering into some other o

Letters of administration are a trust. They are granted by the probate court or ordinary because of confidence reposed in the grantee. They require him to take exclusive charge of

The appointment of an executor vests the whole personal estate in the person so appointed. He holds as trustee for the purposes of the will, but he holds the legal title in all the

Letters issued for the temporary purpose of enabling some one to collect and hold the assets pending" a controversy as to the right to have letters of administration or letters tes

In Scotch law. Letters are admissible in evidence against the panel, i. e., the prisoner at the bar, in criminal trials. A letter written by the panel is evidence against him; not

(Scotch) A warrant citing witnesses in aid of one accused of crime.

See "Fire and Sword."

in the law Scotland, are letters running in the sovereign’s name and passing the signet. They ure directed to messengers at arms, as sheriffs in that part, (%. e, persons specially

A government commission to attack the ships and seize the property of a hostile nation on the high seas. See 25 Fed. (U. S.) 408.

In English ecclesiastical law. An instrument by which a judge of an inferior court waives or remits his own jurisdiction in favor of a court of appeal immediately superior to it. L

Passports issued in time of war.

or SLANES. punishment. They were also granted Letters subscribed by the relatives of a per- king for the purpose of shielding his sou who had been slain, declaring that they ites o

Letters subscribed by the relatives of a person who had been slain, declaring that they had received an assythment, and concurring in an application to the crown for a pardon to th

In Scotch practice. A process by which a party not residing within the jurisdiction of an inferior court may be cited to appear before It Bell.

The name of an Instrument granted by the government to convey a right to the patentee; as, a patent for a tract of land; or to secure to him a right which he already possesses, as,

In Civil Law. See Letters. Rogatory.

An instrument sent in the name and by the authority of a judge or court to another, requesting the latter to cause to be examined, upon interrogatories filed in a cause depending b

The formal instrument in writing granted to an executor by the judge or officer having jurisdiction of the probate of wills, stating his appointment as executor, and authorizing hi

In American law. The act of awarding a contract. This term is much used in the United States, and most frequently in relation to contracts to construct railroads, canals, or other

Fr. In French law. A letter. It is used, like our English "letter," for a formal instrument giving authority. —Lettres de cachet. Letters issued and signed by the kings of France,

(French) A bill of exchange.

Letters issued and signed by the kings of France, and countersigned by a secretary of state, authorising the Imprisonment of a person. Abol-lished during the revolution of 1789.

The term “low-enriched uranium” or “LEU” means each of— (A) low-enriched uranium (as defined in section 2297h) of this title; and (B) low-enriched uranium (as defined in section 22

LEUGA, or LEGA (Law Lat.) In Old French Law. A league, consisting of fifteen hundred paces. Spelman. In Old English Law. A league or mlie of a thousand paces. Domesday Book; Spelma

Leodis. (Law Lat.) In old European law. A vassal; a liege man or feudal dependant; a retainer; a feudal tenant; a crown vassal or baron; alasmian; a common or illiterate person, Sp

For the purpose of lightening the ship.

Lat For the sake of lightening the ship; denotes a purpose of throwing overboard goods, which renders them subjects of general average.

Rising up.

Same as levant et couchant. Applied by Bracton to villeins, who lived on their lord's estate. Bracton, fol. 6b. LEVARI FACIAS (Lat. that you cause to be levied). In Practice. A wri

Rising up and lying down.

1. 1. In old English law. To raise, lift, set, put or cast up; to build or construct; to levy. Levare domum: to raise or erect a house. Levare fossatnm: to throw up a dyke or ditch

A writ of execution. See 6 W. & S. (Pa.) 483.

A writ formerly directed to the sheriff for the levying of damages, which a disseisor had been condemned to pay to the disseisee. Cowell — Levari facias quando vicecomes returaa-vi

An old writ directed to the sheriff for levying the remnant of a partly-satisfied debt upon the lands and tenements or chattels of the debtor. Cowell. LEVATO VELO (Lat.) An express

Preve. L.Lat. A writ for sending the transcript of the foot of a fine leyied. Reg, Orig, 169.

Lat. An expression used in the Roman law, and applied to the trial of wreck and salvage. Commentators disagree about the origin of the expression; but all agree that its general me

The term “levee” means a manmade barrier (such as an embankment, floodwall, or other structure)— (i) the primary purpose of which is to provide hurricane, storm, or flood protectio

A municipal subdivision of a state (which may or may not be a public corporation) organized for the purpose, and charged with the duty, of constructing and maintaining such levees

The term “levee feature” means a structure that is critical to the functioning of a levee, including— (A) an embankment section; (B) a floodwall section; (C) a closure structure; (

Embankments to prevent overflow in rivers. See Assessment; Rivebs; Dbainage District.

The term “levee system” means 1 or more levee segments, including all levee features that are interconnected and necessary to ensure protection of the associated leveed areas— (A)

The term “Level 1 acquisition” means— (A) an acquisition by the Coast Guard— (i) the estimated life-cycle costs of which exceed $1,000,000,000; or (ii) the estimated total acquisit

the term "level 1 border patrol rate of pay" means the hourly rate of pay equal to 1.25 times the otherwise applicable hourly rate of basic pay of the applicable border p

The term “Level 2 acquisition” means an acquisition by the Coast Guard— (A) the estimated life-cycle costs of which are equal to or less than $1,000,000,000, but greater than $300,

the term "level 2 border patrol rate of pay" means the hourly rate of pay equal to 1.125 times the otherwise applicable hourly rate of basic pay of the applicable border

The term “Level A harassment” means harassment described in subparagraph (A)(i) or, in the case of a military readiness activity or scientific research activity described in subpar

the term “level A offense” means a Federal offense that is not a violent crime;

The term “Level B harassment” means harassment described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or, in the case of a military readiness activity or scientific research activity described in subpa

the term “level B offense”— (A) means a Federal offense that is a violent crime; and (B) does not include a Federal offense that is a violent crime of which a child was a victim;

See Gbape Cbossino. The former term is usual in England.

The term “level of activities” means the number of authorized positions multiplied by the cost per authorized position.

The term “level of State welfare spending per poor person” means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year— (I) the sum of— (aa) the total amount required to be paid to the State

The term “leverage” includes— (A) debentures purchased or guaranteed by the Secretary; (B) participating securities purchased or guaranteed by the Secretary; and (C) preferred secu

For purposes of this section, the term “leveraged resources” means the benefits made available to the low-income home energy assistance program of the State, or to federally qualif

“leverage transaction” means agreement that is subject to regulation under section 19 of the Commodity Exchange Act, and that is commonly known to the commodities trade as a margin

“leverage transaction merchant” means person in the business of engaging in leverage transactions;

That which may be levied.

A husband's brother. Vicat.

Lat. Light; slight; trifling. Levis culpa, slight fault or neglect. Levissima culpa, the slightest neglect. Levis nota, a slight mark or brand. See Brand v. Schenectady & T. R. Ch,

Ordinary negligence or fault. See 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 368.

Slight fault or negligence. See 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 368.

Those degrees of kindred, set forth in the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus, within which persons are prohibited to marry.

A term used in connection with collusion in a Pennsylvania divorce act. Lyon v. Lyon, 30 Pa. C. C. 359. See Collusion.

Degrees of kindred within which persons are prohibited to marry. They are set forth in the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus.

to make a valid levy on goods and chattels on a writ of fi. fa., if the officer charged with the duty has a view of them, and they are in his power, and he declares that he makes a

A taking or seizure of property under execution. lex, I. Law; a law; the law; in the language of the middle ages, a body or collection of law, not a code in the proper sense. Lex a